General standards for resolving ethics complaints by stipulations, agreed settlements or consent orders and for approving deferral agreements.

NRS 281A.770 General standards for resolving ethics complaints by stipulations, agreed settlements or consent orders and for approving deferral agreements. In any matter in which the Commission disposes of an ethics complaint by stipulation, agreed settlement or consent order or in which the review panel approves a deferral agreement, the Commission or the review panel, as appropriate, shall treat comparable situations in a comparable manner and shall ensure that the disposition of the matter bears a reasonable relationship to the severity of the violation or alleged violation. (Added to NRS by 2013, 3764; A 2017, 2500)